People v. Brown

PRESIDING JUSTICE THEIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals, from the denial of his postconviction petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 2000)), after the trial court held an evidentiary hearing on one issue and granted the State’s motion to dismiss on the remaining issues. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court’s failure to grant him a new trial is manifestly erroneous because he demonstrated that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call a witness who would impeach the credibility of the State’s key…